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From July 16-20, English Lutheran Church will host the 2023 Vacation Bible School (VBS). The events will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

VBS is sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association area churches which include Bluffton Presbyterian Church, Emmanuel Church of Christ, English Lutheran Church, First Mennonite Church, St John’s Church of Christ  and St.  Mary’s Catholic Church.

The theme will be "Twists and Turns: Following Jesus Changes the Game” with the verse from Psalm 25:4 “Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths.”

Organizers note, "kids will play their way through VBS while learning that Jesus guides them through the ups, downs and zigzags of lives. Most important, kids will encounter the Gospel and learn that sin’s message of 'game over' is overcome through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection."

For more information about VBS, contact Sue Fett at 419-792-9087 or email [email protected]

English Lutheran Church is located at 111 Grove Street, Bluffton, Ohio 45817.

Grace Mennonite Church is preparing to host a refugee family in the Bluffton area this summer.

This is part of “WelcomeCorps.org” which brings refugees waiting in overseas camps who have been vetted by the U.S. State Department and who will have started applications for visas, residency, work permits and social security numbers.

The church is seeking a rental home in the area. For more information, contact Keith Suter at [email protected].

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will have two services on Sunday, April 9.  The Easter Dawn service will begin at 6:30 a.m. under the theme: He Lives to Dry Tears and Calm Fears. 

St. Mary's Catholic Church, 160 N. Spring St., has provided the attached schedule for 2023 Holy Week services including April 6, Holy Thursday; April 7, Good Friday; April 8, East Vigil; April 9, Easter Sunday.

The final Wednesday evening Lenten service for 2023 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church will be held at 7:00 p.m. on March 29.

Pastor Bob Krueger from Immanuel Lutheran Church, Findlay, will lead the service under the theme:  "His Final Steps Led to a Fig Tree," based on Mark 11:12-14, 20-25.  The Choir will sing "Day By Day."  Congregational hymns are "Jesus, Refuge of the Weary, Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray and God Who Made the Earth and Heaven." 

Ebenezer Mennonite Church has issued the following invitation:

"You and your family are invited to join us for our Easter Services.  Easter Sunday is the Sunday when Christians all over the world proclaim the good news of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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